Manenguba language

Manenguba
Ngoe
Mbo
Native to	Cameroon
Ethnicity	Bakossi, Mbo, Bakaka, Bassossi
Native speakers	180,000 (1995–2004)[1]
Language family	Niger–Congo Atlantic–Congo Benue–Congo Bantoid Bantu (Zone A.15) Manenguba
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Variously: mbo – Mbo bss – Akoose bqz – Kaka (Central Mbo) bsi – Sosi
Glottolog	mane1268[2]
Guthrie code	A.15[3]

Manenguba, also known as Ngoe or the Mbo cluster, is a Bantu language spoken in Cameroon. It is a dialect cluster spoken by several related peoples.

The name Manenguba is the mountain range the speakers live on. Ngoe is their legendary ancestor.

Dialects

The dialects in the cluster are:^[3][4]

• Koose (Akɔɔse, Bakossi)

  The principal dialect

• Mbo (Mboo, Sambo)
• Kaka (Bakaka, Bakaa)
• Sosi (Bassossi)

There are many loan words from English, French and Douala.^[5] When speaking of technical subjects, speakers will often revert to Pidgin English or English.^[6]

References

1. Mbo at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
   Akoose at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
   Kaka (Central Mbo) at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
   Sosi at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
2. Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2016). "Manenguba". Glottolog 2.7. Jena: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
3. Jouni Filip Maho, 2009. New Updated Guthrie List Online
4. According to Hedinger (1987), the Bafaw-Balong language included in Guthrie zone A.15 for cultural reasons needs to be excluded from Manenguba on linguistic grounds; Maho (2009) separates it as A.141.
5. "The Bakossi Language". Bakossi Cultural & Development Association. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
6. Anne Schröder (2003). Status, functions, and prospects of Pidgin English: an empirical approach to language dynamics in Cameroon, Volume 1. Gunter Narr Verlag. p. 66. ISBN 3-8233-5821-9.

• Hedinger, Robert (1987), The Manenguba Languages (Bantu A. 15, Mbo Cluster) of Cameroon

External links

• Akoose basic lexicon at the Global Lexicostatistical Database